Years 7 and 8 Visual Arts

In Visual Arts, students: build on their awareness of how and why artists, craftspeople and designers realise their ideas through different visual representations, practices, processes and viewpoints extend their thinking, understanding and use of …

Years 7 and 8 | Visual Arts | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (3) ACAVAM121

researching widely to find the most appropriate sources of information about visual arts skills, use of materials, traditional and contemporary styles, display options, and sources for ideas when developing their own artwork

Elaboration (3) | ACAVAM121 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Visual Arts | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Achievement Standard Visual Arts Years 7 and 8

By the end of Year 8, students identify and analyse how other artists use visual conventions and viewpoints to communicate ideas and apply this knowledge in their art making. They explain how an artwork is displayed to enhance its meaning. They evaluate …

Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Years 7 and 8 | Visual Arts | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACAVAM122

working individually and/or collaboratively to apply ethical, environmental and sustainable choices when developing and displaying a collection of visual artwork

Elaboration | ACAVAM122 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Visual Arts | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

ACAVAR123

Analyse how artists use visual conventions in artworks

Elaborations ScOT Terms

ACAVAR123 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Visual Arts | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (3) ACAVAM120

developing and refining practical and technical skills when designing, fabricating and constructing visual arts images and objects, employing safe and sustainable practices

Elaboration (3) | ACAVAM120 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Visual Arts | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (3) ACAVAR123

Considering viewpoints – cultures: For example – How do artists from different cultures represent the concepts of Place/Country? Compare examples of street art found in Australia to street art from another country.

Elaboration (3) | ACAVAR123 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Visual Arts | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

ACAVAM119

Develop ways to enhance their intentions as artists through exploration of how artists use materials, techniques, technologies and processes

Elaborations ScOT Terms

ACAVAM119 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Visual Arts | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACAVAR123

critically analysing an artist’s intention for an artwork and their use of visual conventions

Elaboration (1) | ACAVAR123 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Visual Arts | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (4) ACAVAR124

analysing how visual arts practices and processes and use of available technologies shape the practices of art, craft and design

Elaboration (4) | ACAVAR124 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Visual Arts | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (3) ACAVAM118

observing how artists select and apply different visual arts techniques to represent themes, concepts and ideas and considering how they could use these in their own art making

Elaboration (3) | ACAVAM118 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Visual Arts | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (5) ACAVAM119

Considering viewpoints – critical theories: For example – Can you identify explicit and implicit meanings in artworks? What metaphor could you use to enhance the meaning of your artwork?

Elaboration (5) | ACAVAM119 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Visual Arts | The Arts | F-10 curriculum